NEW AT 5:00, POLICE ARREST A LOCAL MOTHER ACCUSED OF SMOKING CRACK COCAINE WHILE BREASTFEEDING HER BABY. A BODY FOUND IN A WOODED AREA ON THE OSCEOLA COUNTY LINE IS THAT OF MISSING TEEN ALEXANDRIA CHERY. WE'VE JUST RECEIVED FINAL WORD FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. GLAD YOU'RE WITH US. I'M MATT AUSTIN. I'M LISA BELL. 16-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDRIA CHERY WENT MISSING FROM HER ORANGE COUNTY HOME ON MONDAY AND DEPUTIES FOUND BLOOD AND BLEACH IN HER BEDROOM AS WELL AS MEN'S UNDERWEAR. HER BODY WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL FRIDAY. THE MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND, SANEL SAINTSIMON, IS ACCUSED OF LYING TO POLICE AND TRYING TO CLEAN UP BLOOD IN ALEX'S ROOM. HE'S GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER BUT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AWAITING WORD FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SO IF SANEL SAINTSIMON COMES UP WITH 10% OF HIS BOND, WHICH ADDS UP TO $20,000, HE CAN STILL BOND OUT. ERIK von ANCKEN EXPLAINS TODAY'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. WHEN DEPUTIES PULLED THE BODY OF A YOUNG WOMAN FROM THIS WOODED AREA LAST WEEK, IT WAS SO BADLY DECOMPOSED THAT THEY COULDN'T TELL RIGHT THEN AND THERE IF IT WAS THAT OF 16-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDRIA CHERY. THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TOLD THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHO TOLD THE CHERY FAMILY IT WAS PROBABLY ALEX BUT THEY COULDN'T BE SURE UNTIL THEY CHECKED THE DENTAL RECORDS. AS FOR THE MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER, SANEL SAINTSIMON, IS IN JAIL, BUT NOT FOR MURDER. THE JUDGE REDUCED HIS BOND DOWN TO $200,000. IF HE POSTS THAT, THE PROSECUTORS SAY HE WILL FLEE TO HIS HOME OF HAITI. THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE INVESTIGATION WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS AND I QUESTION WHY SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO STAY AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWING THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING TO GO FORWARD AND WE'RE FINDING NEW EVIDENCE EVERY DAY. AND EVEN THOUGH ALEX'S BODY HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL NOT

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The Medical Examiner's Office identified on Wednesday the body found in Osceola County as missing 16-year-old Alexandria Chery.

The Orange County teen was reported missing last week by her mother. Alexandria's family told Local 6 over the weekend that a body found near the Osceola-Polk County line has been identified as Alexandria's, but medical examiners officially identified the badly decomposed body on Wednesday with dental records.

Her mother's boyfriend, Sanel Saint Simon, 43, has a $100,000 bond set on felony obstruction of a criminal investigation charges and $100,000 bond on tampering with evidence in the disappearance of Alexandria.

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Saint Simon remains in jail. He has not been charged with murder and the state attorney's office said it is waiting on evidence from Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Orange County deputies released a statement on Wednesday after the medical examiner's office announced its findings, saying "We hope this brings a small measure of closure to the family of Miss Chery. The OCSO Homicide Unit is continuing its thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding Miss Chery’s tragic death."

In Tuesday’s bond hearing, prosecutors said Saint Simon repeatedly lied and swore he was at work when they had him leaving on surveillance video. Prosecutors said Saint Simon called his uncle and asked for him to lie in Creole, while being recorded during an interview with investigators.

Saint Simon's bond was reduced in the bond hearing and prosecutors argued that if he posts bond, he'll flee to Haiti.

"Mr. Saint Simon knows that he is a suspect in this investigation, that the Orange County Sheriff's Office continues to work that investigation with our other partners and I question why somebody would want to stay around in the community knowing that this investigation is continuing to go forward and we're finding new evidence every day," said Assistant State Attorney Ryan Vescio.

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